VENTURE FACTORYVenture Factory was founded in the fall of 2012 in Oslo, Norway with a straightforward goal: turning ideas into business. Our core competence is e-commerce, technology, and performance marketing. We use our skills to start new companies together with strategic partners, other entrepreneurs, or within our own organization. Since then we’ve involved ourselves in a range of ideas. Some have blossomed and turned into prosperous businesses, while others have been challenging and ultimately put to rest. We believe our understanding of technology and online marketing combined with a unique domain insight is the recipe for success and therefore we partner up with entrepreneurs or larger corporations to pursue new business opportunities. Our portfolio consists of a mix of businesses. Some are consultancies where external clients benefit from our competence and others are tech or e-commerce ventures that we have started alone or together with partners. Do you have a great idea you want to discuss with us? Please email us at contact@venturefactory.noVenture Factory offices are located centrally in Oslo and our development team is located in Odesa, Ukraine. We are always on the lookout for great talent both in Odessa and Oslo, so email us at contact@venturefactory.no if you think you are a good match.

A global movement to make it fun & easy to break the ice between people to find true love, friendships, and social activities with an optimal mix of high-tech & high-touch organized as a Master Franchise. The top management team at Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA bought the idea in 2006 as a social benefit. Love & Friendship locally & globally - health & peace! Personal matchmaking, online dating, friendships, mingling! Improving relationship health! Looking for: mentor(s), companies to co-create (pilot project), team members, business partners, investors, etc. Storytelling frame (the truth): Svalbard: Here you can still risk meeting polar bears in the streets. Every semester the university (UNIS) has an icebreaker party! Since 2004 I have tested out different ideas and found them possible to succeed. For more information read this paper: ALYTUS COLLEGE, ISSN 2029-9311, October 30, 2013: 50 % of the world population lives in big cities worldwide - how will this affect our social relationships -- and how to improve these? 50 % of the world population lives in big cities worldwide --and this will increase (globalis.no) - how will this affect our social relationships, and how to improve these? Several statistics underline the challenges of the modern world: 50 % or more are single. 50 % are cheating. 50 % or more break up or divorce. 25 % on sick leave as a result of a relationship breakup. Low libido is now a public health problem. 48 % have only one friend, but not a reliable one in a crisis. 50 % of the population wants more friends. We become more sick from our private lives than our work lives (Modesta Olsen, 2007), and the modern family is the most common family structure (Almendingen, 2010). Which social structures can survive the strain of losing the qualities of faithfulness, honesty, and decency? Cynicism becomes our defense. Depression and feelings of emptiness are the prices we pay. Giving hugs, care, and trust to others not only bring greater happiness - it can also lead to better business. Icebreakercard.com is a new world movement to solve these social challenges. It fights for its vision: Love and friendship locally and globally! Our big goal is to improve your life quality. As social entrepreneurs, we are called the fourth sector which cooperates with the other three: private, public, and civic (Ellis, 2006) with an optimal mix of high tech & high touch! In this paper, I will present my research findings in the Western world (mainly Norway and USA) and my part of the solution as a social entrepreneur of Icebreakercard.com. A social entrepreneur has been described as our time's hero and heroines. We create solutions where none of the sectors have succeeded well enough. Bad relationships lead to health problems in the population across age and gender. Mental health conditions are now the key concern in all of the OECD countries. The employer and the community take the economic bill when the employee is on sick leave. The disease is a private matter, but absence is not. Links: http://alytauskolegija.lt/Dokumentai/2013/38_Soreide.pdf http://www.slideshare.net/AnneSreide/ib-fb-2012 https://independent.academia.edu/AnneS%C3%B8reide https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_G._S%C3%B8reide

We’re an independent game studio based in Oslo, Norway, which was founded in February 2013 by a group of students at the Norwegian School of Information Technology (NITH). In January 2014 we consisted of 7 members of the team who all have different experiences in their own fields of expertise. Our common goal is that we want to contribute to the indie scene with story-driven games, without compromising the gameplay. Starting up a new company (let alone within gaming) is no joke, and we hope to make it easier for future companies to make games. It’s a small pond, and as soon as we announce our projects, our vision is to have an exposed development during production. So keep an eye on our development blog on our page, or contact us if you want to know anything! We are currently working on a third-person horror game, set in a forest inspired by Norwegian nature.

Lawo Lab is a startup company based out of a small town in the south of Norway with an international aim. Started by 4 main founders in 2018, our goal is to innovate and improve solutions for our clients. With a wide base of experience from several types of industries we offer a new look at old problems. Core business is software development and hardware prototyping with the capability to initiate projects from start to finish in house.

Every year 282 million metric tonnes of plastic waste is produced worldwide, yet only 15% of this is recycled. This needs to change. AION’s purpose is to industrially scale a circular plastic economy. We make circularity happen at an industrial scale by working with our customers to identify opportunities to shift from linear to circular and grow their degree of circularity within plastic. Together with our partners we orchestrate a tailored, traceable and circular value chain for specific use cases. Our team of material, regulatory, logistics and business development experts work with companies to make sure the products and processes fit their existing operations, meet quality requirements and importantly have a tangible impact towards reducing their use of virgin plastic, reducing their CO2 footprint, and avoiding a generation of plastic waste.

Intro to Spirelykke Spirelykke is a startup established in Halden, but with customers in a national range so far.. We're on a mission to help people getting closer to them selves and nature, by helping them grow their own plants. By delivering courses digitally combined with sending them the right seeds, soil and equipment, we guarantee they will succeed, and they will be able to grow plants they have never done before. We create unique experiences for our customers in mastering new skills, combined with joy, satisfaction and happiness. Aka SPIRELYKKE.

We offer a unique opportunity to rent an electric bike via an app. The bike is designed to be safe, simple and efficient for all users. With our system we can control where the bikes must be parked, so that it does not hinder pedestrians or riders. This is called HUB/geo fence, which is both flexible and tidy. We are the first in the market with this idea for electric bike rentals run by local founders from Oslo. Our goal is to create a web of transport connected to all districts in Oslo. This is something we can achieve, because we already have good relations with the urban environment agency, as well as a couple of districts that are interested in this transport opportunity .

The innovation ecosystem plays a crucial role in the success of startups, but these ecosystems are facing operational and strategic obstacles that limit their potential. The operational difficulties include an inability to effectively support startups leading to high failure rates, low engagement from startups, and resource-intensive reporting processes. On the strategic front, innovation ecosystems face intense competition and struggle to scale their efforts and establish sustainable business models, which often rely heavily on government funding. These challenges impact a wide range of players in the ecosystem, including incubators, accelerators, universities, and enterprise innovation departments. Addressing these challenges can lead to a thriving startup ecosystem, boosting economic growth and driving progress. By investing in the solution of these significant problems, the innovation ecosystem has the potential to unleash its full potential and drive positive change.

Nashfolk AS is a growing tech company that pursues the development of a platform to give home buyers the best experience in the bidding process. We have been partnered with Innovation Norway and are seeking more innovative inspirations as this drives the activities among Nashfolk team members. We are a group of business experts and entrepreneurs who have partnered together to develop the product that gives a revolutionary solution to the Norwegian home buyers

Kaukus er et oppstartselskap som leverer programvare for administrasjon av politiske møter i kommunesektoren. Vi forenkler og automatiserer politiske møter i kommunesektoren slik at møtesekretærer frigjør tid til andre oppgaver og får bedre praktiske løsninger. Samtidig vil de politiske representanters hverdag effektiviseres.

Moods represents people who pave their own path, just like we have done over the last decade.We create moods and stories that inspire people to dare to do more. Gathering inspiration from creative environments when we design our clothes, we have worked side-by-side with some of the world’s top artists, dancers, painters and videographers, merging the discipline of fashion with art. We brought these people in-house under the name of Moods Collective, and gave them the freedom to create Moods.

Locate and reunite with your lost child or items. Fast, secure and easy! KinderID is a Norwegian safety solution that helps you reunite with your lost children or misplaced items. Perfect for traveling, excursions or in a hectic daily life. Our products work all around the world and require no charging. Not knowing where your child is, is an intolerable situation, especially while traveling or on the move. When using the KinderID app to locate your child, a detailed map position is the first things you’ll see when connected. This enables you to locate and reunite with your child and its finder as quickly as possible. If you’re out of power or you simply don’t have any signal at the moment you discover that your child is lost, you will still be able to communicate with the finder. We have added an additional layer of security. The guardian SMS is a safety functionality that activates if you don’t respond to the finders request within 60 seconds. You’re able to submit 2 guardian backup contacts, that both receive​ an SMS containing the finders number and your child’s last known position. By using this Norwegian developed ID-technology, we allow our users to reunite with their children – fast, secure and easy. KinderID is an app-based​ service that doesn’t require you to charge any devices or pay a monthly subscription fee. It’s perfect for families traveling, kindergarten’s or if you’re just taking a trip to the mall. Our team consists of people between the age of 20 and 53. People with a wide range of experience and talents. We are 7 creative people working full and part-time. We have everything from design to video production and development in-house.

Slow processes, bad user experiences and hidden costs. That is what most people are offered today when investing their savings. That is why we decided to challenge the giants. We will do better! We want to establish Kron as the preferred wealth management service within 3 years. This will be accomplished by providing our customers with the same level of advice that was previously reserved for the super-rich. Trough an easy, personal and intelligent platform, individualized to savers’ needs. We have no bureaucratic processes and don’t hide behind fancy titles. We focus on growing talents and everyone gets the opportunity to contribute with their special competence. We are better TOGETHER! We make mistakes, learn from them and back each other up. Development is controlled by insight, data and logic. We’re lucky to be backed by a large group. It provides us with freedom and implementation force to be agile and move quickly. At Kron, the heroes are the solution creators – from engineers to marketeers. Our team shall consist of the best and most hungry talents who have genuine wish to create and learn.

Beining & Bogen er et byrå som spesialiserer seg på design og utvikling av apper. Vi elsker å lage gode brukeropplevelser med høy teknisk kvalitet og har laget apper og nettsider for blant annet Kolonial.no, Godt Brød, TVNorge og smarthusløsninger for Datek Wireless. I tillegg foreleser vi på Høyskolen Kristiania (tidligere Westerdals Oslo ACT) i apputvikling og grensesnittdesign. Vi er et team på 7 personer som utfordrer hverandre på tvers av fagdisiplinene. Det oppfordres til, og forventes, at du bidrar med dine innspill om alt fra design og brukeropplevelse, til prosjektstyring og kaffevanntemperatur, mens vi bygger selskapet sammen. Hvis du liker å sitte i lunsjen å kritisere brukeropplevelsen i appene du har installert på telefonen din, passer du rett inn hos oss.

Alphafish is a design and data company in the smart home sector. We believe technology should flow so seamlessly in our everyday lives that it seems invisible and feels like magic.  Our flagship product is a smart power strip that does not look like a smart power strip, but rather a home accessory - like a lamp, breadbox, cable box, or a skull. We also make augmented reality accessories - namely a gauntlet for hands-free AR gaming. Our headquarters are in Stavanger, Norway, but our team is globally dispersed. We are led by former oil and gas people, but our skills/experience are diverse and multi-disciplinary. From wedding designer in Pennsylvania, to electronics engineer in California, to industrial designer in Paris, to video game writer in London, and even a film director in Malaysia - we are truly an international, versatile team. We love hybrid and unusual designs - with a healthy mix of tech and non-tech components, which also translates to needing passionate people with both tech and non-tech backgrounds, with usual and unusual skillsets. We welcome anyone who shares our values, and offer flexible positions and an exciting chance to build a great company from the ground up. Ideas compete. People collaborate. Come join us!